About Bar Boulud

Sister restaurant to the popular New York and London locations, Bar Boulud, Boston at Mandarin Oriental, Boston is a French-inspired bistro and wine bar located in the heart of Back Bay on Boylston Street. Chef Daniel Boulud offers locally inspired seasonal dishes, traditional French bistro fare and an impressive selection of famed house-made terrines and pâtés by Parisian Charcutier, Gilles Verot. Additionally the menu features a handful of signature sausages and burgers, adding an American touch to this French inflected bistro and wine bar. An impressive wine cellar spotlights wines from Burgundy and the Rhóne Valley , including many fine selections by the glass. The interiors are inspired by a contemporary take on the craft of winemaking to create a comfortable and welcoming surrounding for a unique and intimate experience. Bar Boulud serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, all-day dining is also available at the bar. Walk-ins are encouraged.

Special Events & Promotions:Private breakfast, lunch and dinner events are available in our Rhône Room which can accommodate up to 20 seated guests. The Rhône Room can be separated from the restaurant by use of a contemporary sliding barn door. In addition, our Chef’s Table provides an exclusive interactive culinary experience for up to 10 guests.

For semi-private occasions, the High Table is located in front of our impressive wine cellar and can accommodate a seated event for 10 or a reception for up to 40 guests.

Our chef de cuisine would be delighted to design a customized seasonal menu for your personal, private or business event. Upon request, our sommelier would also be pleased to expertly pair an assortment of wines from our award-winning cellar with your chosen menu selections.

Summer Cocktails "Beausoleil"

A tribute to summertime and the places that are the epitome of eternal sand and summer. "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer". - F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"

Bitter Herbal Liquors

Eaux de Vie

$12.00

Daron, Calvados Pays D'auge, Fine

$18.00

Père Magloire, Calvados Pays D'auge, XO

$20.00

Grappa di Tignanello

$26.00

Grappa di Sassicaia

Heritage

Provence, the site of France's oldest vineyards, is the world's largest wine region specializing in rosé. The region has a rich rosé tradition, and winemakers today are the beneficiaries of the region's collective knowledge and time-honored techniques. Provençal vintners are also devoted to the production of high quality whites and reds all within it's appellations. Please see below a sample of what this sunny and historic wine region has to offer. Santé, David Bérubé

White

Domaine Jacourette, l'Ange et Luce, Côtes de Provence, 2015

$10.00

6oz.

$40.00

Btl.

Estandon, Côtes de Provence, 2015

$42.00

Btl.

Rosé

Jean-Luc Colombo, Cape Bleue, IGP Méditerranée, 2016

$10.00

6oz.

$40.00

Btl.

Mas de la Dame, Les Baux-de-Provence, 2016

$12.00

6oz.

$48.00

Btl.

Château Simone, Grand Carmes, Palette, 2014

$75.00

Btl.

Red

Mas de la Dame, La Gourmande, Les Baux-de-Provence, 2014

$14.00

6oz.

$56.00

Btl.

Château Pradeaux, Bandol, 2012 by the Coravin

$28.00

6oz.

$112.00

Btl.

Louis XIII

One century in a bottle each decanter takes four generations of cellar masters over one hundred years to craft. A blend of up to 1,200 eaux-de-vie from grande champagne, continuously selected and blended by louis XIII cellar masters

Specials

Christmas Day Special Menus & Offers

Monday, December 25, 2017

Bar Boulud celebrates the holiday with a bountiful buffet brunch featuring traditional classics and festive favorites. Brunch is available from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is $95 for adults and $48 for kids 12 and under. Experience does include a seasonal kid’s dessert cart that visits table-side.

New Year's Eve Special Menus & Offers

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Ring in 2018 with a festive and elegant five-course prix-fixe New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner. Revelers will gather for a welcome reception at 8pm and live jazz and dinner will commence at 9pm. Reservations are available for USD 195.

Specials

Christmas Day Special Menus & Offers

Bar Boulud celebrates the holiday with a bountiful buffet brunch featuring traditional classics and festive favorites. Brunch is available from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is $95 for adults and $48 for kids 12 and under. Experience does include a seasonal kid’s dessert cart that visits table-side.

New Year's Eve Special Menus & Offers

Ring in 2018 with a festive and elegant five-course prix-fixe New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner. Revelers will gather for a welcome reception at 8pm and live jazz and dinner will commence at 9pm. Reservations are available for USD 195.

One of the worst experiences with the highest expectations. The service was a bit slow but the food was especially gross. With being attached to such an exceptional hotel, I had expected the food to be equally fantastic. Royally disappointed!

Wanted a special place to treat myself to dinner on an overnight trip to Boston. A friend recommended Bar Boulud to me, and what a great recommendation! Ambience = Perfect, Service and attention = Perfect, Food/Selection = Perfect. French Onion Soup was so delicious as was the Coq Au Vin.

I don't like to write reviews. But after having 3 excellent dining experiences in a row at Bar Boulud, I felt that I should. This has become the "go to" place for my wife and me when we are visiting Boston. We particularly enjoy the ambiance of Bar Boulud which is an improvement over its predecessor at this site "Sal de Terre". We also have been treated with real courtesy by the staff. The menu is solid and I particularly enjoy the signature French country items. We will be back again on our next trip to Boston.

We have been to Bar Boulud a number of times both in Boston and New York. The wine list is notable and we enjoyed a nice bottle of Cava plus cocktails and a glass of wine. For starters we enjoyed the shishito peppers. The lobster pasta was very good but the risotto and sole were both disappointing. As a lover of buttery dover sole I order it when it is on the menu and I have had it at Bar Boulud previously. But this time both the sole and risotto were too buttery - leaning toward over-sauced.

My daughter and I found ourselves making a quick decision about not traveling this Thanksgiving and decided to find a Boston restaurant for this special event. We were feeling a bit down about going to a restaurant for this holiday since we are usually the cooks and surrounded by family and friends. Well, we were so surprised and the great food, atmosphere and wonderful service. To top it off, the turkey was great and so was the pumpkin pie. Although, my daughter had an amazing chocolate dessert and short rids for dinner. As a special treat, they threw in a turkey sandwich at the end (in a brown bag) so you would have leftovers the next day. We would definitely go back for another Thanksgiving dinner.

Tags: Local Ingredients, Good for Anniversaries, Good for a Date, Seasonal, Special Occasion, Fit for Foodies, Worth the Drive, Late-night Find, Neighborhood Gem

Serial Sunday Brunchers, we’ve been almost everywhere in Boston over the past few years. Bar Boulud, far and away sets the standard for consistently exceptional, professional, attentive service. Food quality and presentation are excellent, portions perfect and pace is relaxed without dragging. The Croque Madam is the best in Boston (tried em all).

Just this week we were talking about the great service when the manager stopped by just to say hello and check on our dining experience. Perfect timing. Our only regret is not remembering our waiters name for this review, because he deserves recognition (naturally, I got the receipt wet, blurring his name) ... Abd S??ad... genuine pride in his work.

We arrived early to meet up with college friends and sat at the bar for drinks. Our friends met us and shared an appetizer. We were notified when our table became available and easily moved. The waiter did not interrupt our conversation to get us to sit. Dinner and dessert exceeded my expectations. We ordered fish, chicken, and steak all cooked as specified. The meals arrived hot and delicious. Our evening ended with a slice of pie to share. We couldn’t resist the dessert menu but were too full to try the assortment of pies. All in all, it was a good night out with old friends.

Great service and delicious foodRIDICULOUSLY OVERPRICED$16 for a mixed drinkPortions were minisculeSo many amazing delicious eateries that are a better valueIf you have money to burn or are a billionaire...this is the place for you

My friends and no longer live near each other so we make a promise to get together every few months. We were so glad to share a wonderful lunch with fabulous service, excellent foods and a perfect Rose. It wax a great experience. Thank you. Victoria Lazzell

Very disappointing!! We picked this restaurant was for the name of Boulud and it is with the Mandarin Orientatal Hotel... it was Wednesday night and four of us went there for dinner. It was not busy, at best 70% full. The waiter must be in his bad mood; there was no greeting , no smiles ... besides taking the orders , he did not stop by asking whether things were all right.... the food was average and it was not worth the money they charged ！

I definitely would not recommend this restaurant to anyone and would not go back! Very disappointing!

I was disappointed by this place. I expected it to be really delicious and chic but it was outdated and the food was really not good at all. My soup arrived cold and had to be sent back to be reheated. My salad was really terrible. How hard is it to make a good salad? It was three stacks of romaine hearts with this salad dressing put lightly on top. This meant that if you wanted the dressing to hit most of the lettuce it didn’t. And it had shrimp, on it and again how hard is it to make shrimp taste good? But for some reason they were not well cooked and had too many strange seasonings on them, maybe in an effort to make the dish more exotic. But what should’ve been a nice simple salad with shrimp for lunch turned out to be a very unsatisfactory meal that I could barely eat. My Americano coffee was undrinkable. For those of you who don’t know what an Americano is, it is an espresso with hot water in it. I was charged six dollars for this drink, and it was like mud. Again, how hard is it to make a good Americano? This is supposed to be a very fine European restaurant and I get the sense that they’ve lost their luster. I also note that the restaurant is incongruent with the Mandarin Oriental, the hotel in which it is housed. The Mandarin Oriental is one of the finest hotels in the world, and the establishment in Boston is no exception. The restaurant really needs to be spruced up and the food has to be revamped in order to suitably fit within the Mandarin Oriental five star quality. I also note that the restaurant failed to mark me as having shown up and I had to spend a silly amount of time calling the restaurant back to confirm that they did not list me as a no-show on OpenTable. Sloppy.

Difficult to believe, but this glorious restaurant just gets better and better. There were five of us dining yesterday for lunch; all ordered fish but of three varieties; all were sensational! And by all means, leave room for dessert...the pastry chef is top shelf!

Tags: Bar Seating, Good for Anniversaries, Creative Cuisine, Quiet Conversation, Special Occasion, Great for Lunch, Fit for Foodies, Authentic, People Watching, Great for Brunch, Fun, Neighborhood Gem, Healthy, Notable Wine List, Worth the Drive, Sunday Lunch, Romantic, Good for a Date

I was surprised that my food was mediocre. I had eaten here 4 months ago and had excellent dinner.the pheasant was salty and dry, the salad was overdressed. I will think twice about returning given the disappointment with the food.It is a convenient, fun location.

We always enjoy our times at Bar Boulud and recommend it highly. The food and service are very very good.

Tags: Worth the Drive, Bar Seating, Great for Outdoor Dining, Seasonal, Great for Brunch, Handcrafted Cocktails, Special Occasion, Good for a Date, Great for Lunch, Good for Anniversaries, Good for Birthdays

Service was friendly and helpful, INCREDIBLY rushed, in terms of the pace of food delivery (never thought I’d complain about too fast but...) and the invasive plate clearing staff that interrupted our meal and conversation multiple times to clear the table - twice when we were still eating!

The food arrived within < 5 minutes of ordering. We had been fully served and finishing our mains withinin 35 minutes of arriving at the restaurant. That’s great for McDonalds but doesn’t really match the purpose of a couple’s night out at a nice (expensive) restaurant. Felt like they really wanted to turn over the table and maximize throughput, rather than the dining experience. Very surprising, industrial and disappointing experience.

Food good. Wine menu - BEWARE. We thought we were ordering a bottle of wine for $50 - it turned out to be $195. When we questioned the price at the end of the meal the waiter was arrogant and argumentative and insisted that he explained the difference between a 3oz glass vs a 6 oz glass (we took the second column to be the bottle price). All I can say is if 5 college educated diners did not understand what he said, how clear was he?Service poor - we waited a long time between courses.We were left to pour the expensive wine ourselves.When I asked for freshly ground pepper I was given a salt and pepper shaker....when I queried the availability of freshly ground paper the waitress said she would ask. She returned 5 minutes later with a pepper grinder.And to finish off, when my son pointed out to the waiter that the wine list was misleading, the waiter dropped a menu on a glass of water and spilt water all over the table. Rather than apologize, he exclaimed "Oh let me wipe that up".

We had a fabulous meal at Bar Boulud - food was amazing, our server was attentive and personable, the manager (who was in Boston while his Boulud was being renovated in Miami) was charming. Well priced for the quality, perfect place to celebrate my daughter's birthday! We will be back!

Tags: Creative Cuisine, Special Occasion, Notable Wine List, Bar Seating, Handcrafted Cocktails, People Watching, Good for a Date, Tasting Menu, Good for Anniversaries, Fit for Foodies, Business Meals, Good for Birthdays

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